Snopes certified true: story about Cindy McCain

[LifeHiscost]

She sounds like a nice first lady to me...kinda like a breath of fresh air, and she is not a lawyer!

Best of all for a change - Snopes says its TRUE, imagine that!

This is an interesting article as not much was known about her. She was on Leno the other night and it was an interesting interview. It turns out that she is a character as she is or has been a race car driver and is also a pilot. She flies John around the country to his rallies. After hearing that about her and reading this I now have a lot of respect for her.

Election 2008: Cindy Hensley McCain has been disparaged as a trophy wife, a Barbie, an heiress with fancy purses, even the Paris Hilton of politics. But there's more to the picture than meets the eye.

Yes, Mrs. McCain is the perfectly coifed blonde standing dutifully behind the senator during his speeches. And yes, she wears stylish clothing and carries a Prada purse. And it's true she doesn't say much. But feminist critics who write her off as a 'stand-by-your-man' shrinking violet are selling her short. In many ways, Cindy McCain stacks up sturdier than Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama. And she'd make a more impressive first lady.

Mrs. McCain: More than meets the eye.

While Obama's wife has been hating America, complaining about the war and undermining our troops serving in Afghanistan , McCain's wife has been worrying about her sons who actually are fighting or planning to fight in the war on terror. One, in fact, was until a few months ago deployed in Iraq during some of the worst violence.

You don't hear the McCain's talk about it, but their 19-year-old Marine, Jimmy, is preparing for his second tour of duty. Their 21-year-old son, Jack, is poised to graduate from Annapolis and also could join the Marines as a second lieutenant. The couple made the decision not t o draw attention to their sons out of respect for other families with sons and daughters in harm's way.

Cindy also says she doesn't want to risk falling apart on the campaign trail talking about Jimmy who was so young when he enlisted she had to sign consent forms for his medical tests before he could report for duty and potentially upsetting parents of soldiers who are serving or have been killed.

The McCain's want to make sure their boys get no special treatment. Same goes for their five other children, including a daughter they adopted from Bangladesh . During a visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage there, Cindy noticed a dying baby. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save her life. So she brought the child home to America for the surgery she desperately needed. The baby is now their healthy, 16-year-old daughter, Bridget.

Though all seven McCain children including two Sen. McCain adopted from his first marriage are supportive of their father, they prefer their privacy to the glare of the campaign trail. Another daughter, Meghan, 23, helps him behind the scenes.

Cindy McCain not only cherishes her children, but also her country, which in an election year filled with America-bashing, is a refreshing novelty. She seethed when she heard Michelle Obama's unpatriotic remarks that she only recently grew proud of America . 'I am very proud of my country,' Mrs. McCain asserted.

She also may be tougher than the other women in the race. While Hillary thinks she's come under sniper fire on mission trips abroad, Cindy has actually seen violence. She witnessed a boy get blown up by a mine in Kuwait during a trip with an international group that removes land mines from war-torn countries.

Mrs. McCain also is a hands-on philanthropist. She sits on the board of Operation Smile, which arranges for plastic surgeons to fix cleft palates and other birth defects. She also has helped organize relief missions to Micronesia .

During a scuba-diving vacation to the islands, Mrs. McCain took a friend to a local hospital to have a cut treated. She was shocked, and saddened, by what she saw. 'They opened the door to the OR, where the supplies were, and there were two cats and a whole bunch of rats climbing out of the sterile supplies,' she recalled. 'They had no X-ray machine, no beds. To me, it was devastating because it wa s a U.S. trust territory.' As soon as she returned home, she arranged for medical equipment and teams of doctors to be sent to treat the island children.

Michelle Obama may contribute to CARE, which fights global poverty and works to empower poor women. Cindy sits on its board.

While the Democrat women talk about helping the poor and needy, Cindy McCain actually rolls up her sleeves and does it. Who's the out-of-touch elitist?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/cindy.asp

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[Neil D]

Guys and gals,

I ain't protesting the article...

In fact, it needs to be posted, but please....

if it is political in nature, [size:26pt]post it in the political forum ....Please...

[LifeHiscost]

Alright, but you don't have to yell. I carefully scrolled down the forums page and obviously missed it. You think Stan would be willing to move it?

I admit some are extremly agitated when finding political observations in other than the political forums.

It's as irritating as finding religious observations in the wrong threads. Guess it depends upon where you feel at home.

Regards!

BTW I scrolled down the different forums and threads again and couldn't find anyone that seemed to indicate a better read forum than Townhall, nor seemed to be dedicated to political topics. Suggestions?

[Woody]

This obsession with having to have all your ducks in a row has been a growing one. It is definately spreading. But a little Love Won Another ... would be helpful also.

[cricket]

Here's a link to the Politics Sub-forum: http://adventistforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/271/1/Politics

For what it's worth, a town-hall is one of the most political places in any community*. I think it was a wise place to post. You may want to post a duplicate copy of the original post in the Politics Forum though. That way, those who don't often read in the Townhall section here, but who do want to discuss politics might also have a chance to read it.

*town-hall

n.

A building that contains the offices of the public officials of a town and that houses the town council and courts.

[Amelia]

I think this article on a first lady contender is just fine here in townhall.

[Bravus]

OK, I was about to move it but I'll go with Ames' judgement call on this one.

LHC, the Politics forum is a subforum of the World Affairs forum, which is why it's sometimes tough to find.

I don't think there's really an obsession with having all of one's ducks in a row - it's just that there are a few here who are very interested in politics, and a few others who are repulsed by it! If we let the enthusiasts free then the top 10 posts in Town Hall would likely be political posts, crowding out everything else and turning off those who don't find it interesting. For that reason we're gently encouraging people to post political posts in the Politics forum (and sometimes moving them).

This one is only tangentially a political post, since it's not about a politician per se... and although it might be *a* consideration, I doubt anyone is casting their vote solely or predominantly on the basis of which First Lady the nation will get...

I have changed the thread title slightly to make it more informative about the thread content. Edit: Nup, apparently I can't. Someone might like to add the words "Cindy McCain" somewhere to the title of the first post and therefore the thread.

[Dr. Shane]

This was the talk in the local news room today. I write a column for a local newspaper. The newspaper office is just three doors down the same block as from my office so I often take my coffee breaks there (decaf of course). Cindy McCain is certainly interesting.